David Jenkins (rugby, born 1904)

For other people named David Jenkins, see David Jenkins (disambiguation).

David Jenkins

Birth name	David Rees Jenkins
Date of birth	(1904-04-12)12 April 1904
Place of birth	Resolven, Wales
Date of death	13 August 1951(1951-08-13) (aged 47)
Place of death	Whitley Bay, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Resolven RFC () Neath RFC () 1924–1929 Swansea RFC () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1927–1929 Wales 2 (0)
Rugby league career
Playing information
Position	Forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1929– Leeds RLFC Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1929 Great Britain 1

David Rees Jenkins (12 April 1904 – 13 August 1951) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby footballer who played rugby union for Swansea and rugby league for Leeds RLFC, and representing internationally in both sports.

Rugby career

Jenkins joined Swansea from Neath in 1924 and, while with Swansea, faced two touring international teams. In 1927 he played against the New Zealand Maori rugby union team, and then in 1927 the New South Wales Waratahs. Jenkins gained his first cap for Wales team when he was selected to face the Waratahs again in their 1927 tour. Jenkins's only other Welsh union cap was in the 1929 Five Nations Championship when he was chosen to face England on 19 January. Under the captaincy of Ivor Jones, Wales lost their eighth consecutive game at Twickenham with the final score 8–3 to England. Jenkins may have gained further caps but when the next Welsh game was played on 2 February 1929, Jenkins was playing rugby league for Leeds RLFC, having switched codes for £370, (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £64,000 in 2018). He went on to represent against Australia in the 1929 Ashes series.

International matches played

Wales

• England 1929
• New South Wales Waratahs 1927

Note

It is often incorrectly assumed that Jenkins was the father of the rugby league footballer, David Jenkins However, this is not the case, as "Dai Jr." was only 10 years younger than David Jenkins, and was actually the son of Richard and Rachel (née Howells) Jenkins, whose marriage was registered during third ¼ 1909 in Pontypridd district.

Bibliography

• Goodwin, Terry (1984). The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983. London: Willows Books. ISBN 0-00-218060-X.
• Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3.

External links

• !Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk (statistics currently missing due to not having appeared for both Great Britain, and England)
• Statistics at en.espn.co.uk